4 January 1942

5/6 January 1942

Brest

154 aircraft - 89 Wellingtons, 65 of other types - 87 aircraft being
ordered to bomb the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the remainder being given
the naval docks generally as their target. A smoke-screen prevented
accurate bombing but large fires were claimed. No aircraft lost.

6/7 January 1942

Brest

31 Wellingtons of 1 Group attacked the German warships. 1 aircraft
lost. No special bombing results were claimed but a bomb which fell
alongside the Gneisenau holed the hull and flooded 2 compartments.

11/12 January 1942

Brest

13 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings. No losses.

14/15 January 1942

Hamburg

95 aircraft with shipyards and an airframe factory as targets. 2 Hampdens
and 2 Wellingtons lost. Only 48 aircraft claimed to have bombed Hamburg,
which reports Altona station hit and 12 fires - 7 large, with 6 people
killed and 22 injured - but no other major incidents.

15/16 January 1942

Hamburg

96 aircraft. 52 of them claimed to have bombed in difficult visibility.
Hamburg reports 36 fires - 3 large, 3 people killed and 25 injured -
but no major incidents. 3 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden were lost and 8
further aircraft crashed in England.

17/18 January 1942

Bremen

83 aircraft; only 8 aircraft claimed to have bombed the primary target.
Some of the aircraft attacking alternative targets reached Hamburg,
which reports 11 fires and casualties of 5 dead and 12 injured. 3 Wellingtons
were lost and 1 Stirling crashed England after being fired at and damaged
by a British convoy.

22/23 January 1942

Munster

47 aircraft on the first raid to inland Germany since 27/28 December
1941. Crews reported large fires in the railway-station area but the
only report from Munster records the death of 5 people with no other
details. 1 Wellington lost.

25/26 January 1942

61 aircraft dispatched but bombing results were not observed. No aircraft
lost.

3 Hampdens were minelaying off French coast without loss.

26/27 January 1942

Hannover

71 aircraft; only 32 claimed to have found the target area, though
many fires were believed to have been started. No aircraft lost.

Emden

31 aircraft. 2 Whitleys lost.

Brest

22 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings. No losses.

Minor Operations: 6 Hampdens minelaying in the Frisians, 2 Whitleys
to Germany and 2 Hampdens to France on leaflet flights. The Whitley
leaflet flights were the first leaflet-only operations to Germany since
April 1940. 1 Whitley lost.

28/29 January 1942

Munster

55 Wellingtons and 29 Hampdens. Visibility was very poor and no aircraft
positively identified the target though many believed that they had
bombed in the target area. Local records show that no bombs fell in
Munster. 4 Hampdens and 1 Wellington lost.

Boulogne

48 aircraft. 1 Whitley was shot down into the sea by a British ship;
there were no survivors.